Deep in an ancient jungle stands the mostly intact ruins of a great arena. The cyclopean grey stones stand silently against the encroachment of the wilderness, the stands now crumbling as vines coat them and trees take root in the cracks. The wide central arena itself stands clear and in good condition, however.

In the center of the arena stands a very tall woman in black leather and mithril armor, whose large bat-like wings jut from the back of her breastplate and frame a bow and quiver. In her hands is a large sword carved from obsidian and wreathed in black flames. Her long black hair shines with the last rays of the sun as it sinks below the treeline, and a full moon begins to light the area with a silvery glow. Her purple eyes, like polished amethyst, scan the surroundings as she waits for her opponent, her pointed ears keen to hear the sound of movement. The jungle life falls silent, as the word spreads that Jade Shar has emerged from her chaotic realm once more.

The trees below raced by with tremendous speed as Phoenix flew over the expanse of jungle. The sun's rays were slowly dying as night slipped into the sky, but the his wings of fire lit the surrounding area like a small sun.

The beautiful night was a mask for what had drawn Phoenix here. A heart filled with poison beat within the jungle, it's drum filling the Dreamworld with chaos.

Phoenix flew here, sensing the presence of evil and hoping to qualm it. The trees continued to race by until a new shape took an outline upon the horizon. An old arena set into the jungle, its stone body overrun by the surrounding foliage. The beat grew louder, echoing as though to mock Phoenix and the light he brought. He flew forward with determination.

And then he saw her. A winged woman standing in the center of the arena, her pale skin glowing in the moon, contrasting brightly with her dark armor. Purple eyes stared as Phoenix took alight upon the ground, keeping reasonable distance between the two. A burst of flame appeared in the right hand of Phoenix, leaving behind a sword glowing gold, its hilt fashioned to the true form of its wielder.

The new arrival stared back at the demonic woman in front of him. She stood a quarter inch taller, but would soon be lying on the ground.

Anticipation filled the silent jungle as Phoenix stood there. The Dream King had arrived.

*Jade smiled slyly as her back foot slid behind her and she took up a swordsman's stance, holding the giant greatsword, Dark Soul, in one hand. Raising the blade in salute she prepared for the battle ahead*

The right side of Phoenix's mouth turned up in a half-smile at the words of Jade. And then he was running to wards her, covering the distance in little time.

Phoenix brought his sword across in a horizontal slash at the Demon's chest, simultaneously sending a ball of fire towards her legs with his left hand. As kind as Phoenix was, he meant to keep this battle short.

Phoenix felt the shit of weight upon the blade before Jade moved her foot, as was necessary to remain balanced. He quickly stepped to his own right, away from the attempt at a sweep. While he did this, Phoenix opened his mouth and breathed a large stream of fire over the Demon's face. While the heat may not do any damage, the flames will temporarily blind his opponent.

As Phoenix continue to the right, he stepped to the left side of Jade, bringing his blade out of the lock by sliding it across hers. He then switched his blade to his left hand in one fluid motion and set a slanted downward slice to the Demon's side.

Not only should the Demon be unable to see with the flames in her face, but by avoiding the sweep attempt and letting her weight off of his own blade, it would leave Jade off balance, and she may possibly fall forward.

*Jade felt the blade move away and her weight moving forward, rather than correct this, she went into a defensive tumble, veering slightly to the right to avoid whatever plan her opponent had and coming up again five feet away from where she had stood.*

"A nice try, I admit, but no cigar," Jade smirked. "My turn...."

*She brings her free hand up to point at Phoenix, a ball of blackish purple lightning flies from her hand towards his legs*

Black Lightning- Summons a ball of black lighting to appear and explode upon impact with opponent in a 30 ft radius, dealing powerful electric damage that can possibly stun them. She can summon more than one, but it drains more energy from her to do this. They are fast and hard to dodge, and it is nearly impossible to dodge the blast from impact.

Phoenix spun on his heel as his opponent tumble past him, narrowly avoiding his golden blade.

The ball of black lightning hurtled towards him milliseconds later, and he barely had time to react. However, Phoenix had been working on an attack, himself. As the dark ball left the Demon's hand, Phoenix sent a ball of pure white light towards it in retaliation.

This light was known as the Holy Light. By taking all of the energy from his signature Holy Fire and turning all of the heat into light, a devastating attack was developed. It was still a work in progress, but the effects of the ball were similar of that of the Demon's lightning.

With barely any time to defend himself, Phoenix fell to the ground, wrapping his fiery wings around his body in hope of sustaining little damage. With the speed of both attacks, escaping the blast was improbable.

The two orbs collided in between the two combatants, and a screech of terrifying pitch pierced the silent jungle. It was as though the dark and light were ripping each other apart in an eternal war. The explosion caused by the two orbs was magnified, creating a destructive dome 60ft in radius. Both the light and dark swirled around in a tremendous display of power.

Phoenix's wings singe and went numb from the amount of damage they were taking while defending his body from the attack. He was not going to be able to use them for a while. He could feel the hot blood forming and evaporating from his wings.

Hopefully his opponent was worse off, not knowing Phoenix's retaliation.

*Jade's eyes widened as she saw the light attack leave her opponents hand. With only seconds to act, she instinctively crouched and cocooned herself in a barrier of crackling black energy to shield her from the blast. Imagine her surprise when the searing pain of the light attack still ripped into her. The shield deflected the lightning of her own attack, not that it mattered, but it only blocked a small portion of Phoenix's Holy Light*

"That's not supposed to happen..."

*Jade stood once the whirling energy was gone, the shield had not learned a new trick this night, not yet. Red blood oozed from wounds in her body, and she looked just as bad as her opponent did. It hurt to move her wings*

"What the hell was that? Are you insane?!"

Enervation Shield- Recently Jade has been able to use the negative energy to form what is called an enervation shield, which forms a wall in front of or cocoon around her that absorbs the energy attack of another so that she is not harmed. If the attack is magical there is a 1 in 50 chance that she absorbs enough energy to learn how the attack is formed, so she can try to duplicate it. This has only happened once.

((And congratulations, you are the first to ever discover Jade's vulnerability))

ooc: I give credit where credit is due. If it weren't for you, that attack wouldn't exist.

"Quite," grinned Phoenix before wincing in pain as he rose to his feet. Blood boiled upon his skin rapidly. Luckily, due to his natural heat, Phoenix's wounds would burn shut. The attack would leave him hurt still, but at least the bleeding would stop shortly. Triumph filled his heart as he saw that his opponent was just as badly hurt, but the fight was not yet over.

He began concentrating on his inner fire, readying his next move. A white light glowed brightly upon his left hand, and his golden sword was gripped in his right. He took a deep breath, wincing as the burnt skin constricted, and let it out slowly.

*Jade moved her wings experimentally. The pain was excruciating, but they seemed to be working. She pumped them a few times, sending a breeze towards Phoenix*

"I think you need to cool off a bit...."

*Jade began chanting something softly in a melodic language, the tongue of Elves. As she did so, she flapped her wings enough to get her airborne. She continued to rise in the air, hovering once she reached 50 feet. Slowly the echoing of a chant could be heard from above, her voice speaking words in Elven and the air becoming crisp and cold with the power she drew upon*

*The ground began to frost over slightly, and deep beneath the surface a tremor began. Jade remained focused on her chanting repeating the words over and over, her flaming sword in her hands, held tight against her chest. As moments passed the ground near the surface began to shake as well. The surrounding air now was becoming bitter cold, yet Jade seemed unaffected though she wore only scant barbarian leather and fur. Droplets of blood froze and shattered before they hit the ground. She smiled wickedly as she continued... grateful in moments like these that she had learned to cast spells in Elven, seeing as most people did not understand the language at all, let alone know it existed*

*Jade's smile deepened as she watched. She began to beat her demonic wings hard, rising and falling five feet with every flap. The chaotic energy surrounding her caused the wind generated by the flapping to swirl into a gale-force wind that headed straight towards Phoenix in hopes of knocking him backwards, as well as sending Jade backwards a good 15 feet. Jade's expression of joy deepened as she cried out the final line of her spell*

"Yala'amin Coriakhelek!" (I summon Purple Ice!)

*The shaking ground below cracked and exploded as massive shards of violet-colored ice shot forth from the earth, jutting into the air at a fast rate and impaling many of the ancient stones and trees. The spikes of ice starting at needle-sharp tips and going to as thick as a large tree trunk at it's base*

Purple Ice- Jagged spikes of translucent purple ice jut from the ground in a 50 ft radius of the opponent. The ice freezes fire on contact, so Jade is usually in the air when she uses this to protect her sword. They rise to 20 feet in the air, and sprout out in such thick concentration that it is nearly impossible to get out of them or navigate through them. Jade has done so only once.

Whirlwind- Jade can spring into the air and use her wings and Chaos energy to create a powerful gale force windstorm that can knock any opponent to their feet. She usually dive bombs them once they are prone. If she flaps too hard she will knock herself backwards though.

With a grimace upon his face, Phoenix was flung backwards off of the coal disk, but he beat his wings regardless.

While damaged, they were beginning to heat and seal the wounds caused by the tremendous explosion. Phoenix was able to maintain level height, and would be able to do more in a short amount of time.

Still grimacing, the immortal lifted his hands and pointed them at his demonic opponent. "Pillar of Fire," he spat between his clenched teeth. Immediately, a large pillar of fire shot from the sky, hopefully smothering the woman. If she failed to call off her ice spell, the fire would surely freeze her in place.

*Jade flew to escape the pillar before it was too late, but it's width forced her to dismiss the ice before the flames could touch it. The flames licked the surface of her skin but did not burn it, thanks to the powers of her ancestors. She hovered in place, glaring at Phoenix*

"A brilliant move, I will admit... you have much promise once you tap into your powers... however...,"

*Jade's hand turned sharply to the side on the grip of her sword at the same time that she spoke a command word. For a split second she seemed encased in dark crystal before it exploded outwards in all directions in the form of long, wicked looking shards of apparently black ice*

"I have more practice."

Chaos Shard- Combination of Purple Ice, Enervation Blast, and Darkness attacks. Jade stands still as a blast fires off from her, shooting razor sharp 23 inch long shards of translucent black ice in all directions freezing anything it touches in a 230ft radius.

By flying with his body parallel to the ground, the chances of a hit were minimized greatly, especially considering that the ice flies away from the demon. This would mean approximately only two or three icicles would be aimed directly at Phoenix.

Just enough to cause succinct damage to their maker.

As a few icicles neared, Phoenix knew deflecting them all would be impossible. Instead, he swept his blade in a wide arch, catching two and batting them out of the way. A numbing pain shot through his left shoulder, one of the projectiles scraping down the majority of his arm. Phoenix's natural heat would keep the entire limb from freezing, but movement would be extremely painful.

Due to Jade's spell, the golden blade of Phoenix's sword froze upon contact. The heat from his hand left the hilt in tact, but that blade was more or less useless.

Or so Jade would think.

You see, the golden blade of the former Dream King had a special ability. Upon breaking, the blade would reform, similar to the life cycle of a phoenix.

Bringing the blade back up, Phoenix heated the ice from the hilt with a quick mental thought, severing the blade. The icicle flew though the air between the two fighters, aimed in the Demon's general direction. Not only would it stab her if she did not move, but there was another effect.

Sending a ray of light through the icicle as it flew, the entire spectrum was reflected across most of the arena, towards Jade. Not normal protons, the Holy Light would do more than a little damage to his foe.

Phoenix's blow was thrown to the side, but this was not unexpected. Any trained swordsman would be able parry such a blow.

What Phoenix was hoping that Jade couldn't block was the knee he sent up towards her exposed side. You see, as Jade sent Phoenix blow awry, he twisted his body and, with the added force of his speed, sent a blow up towards his opponent's side. It wasn't much, but something was better than nothing.